Did you know?
ENGOs invested more than 70 millions US$ in direct lobbying - in Europe!
On the surface, lobbying would appear to be a fair and necessary means to garner facts, data and opinion from the key players and stakeholders in any given arena.
The tweets below are just a few of those relating to reactions from around Europe in the wake of the historic EU Fisheries Council ending discards following a huge media campaign in which the UK played a significant role - largely through the public interest/awareness of Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall's TV Fish Fight campaign.
How much weight has been given solely to environmental factors alone?
How can we be sure that the NGOs and other lobbyists - the bigger global ones funded to the tune of millions of pounds/dollars by 'blue charities' are acting in the interests of all?
The fishmeal plants are happy it seems!
@OrfordFishermen Sorry, this is a rhetoric tool called#wildernesshasnosocialcost. combined to #DavidvsGoliath well known from strategists
Yan Giron @PecheFraiche
The tweets below are just a few of those relating to reactions from around Europe in the wake of the historic EU Fisheries Council ending discards following a huge media campaign in which the UK played a significant role - largely through the public interest/awareness of Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall's TV Fish Fight campaign.
How much weight has been given solely to environmental factors alone?
How can we be sure that the NGOs and other lobbyists - the bigger global ones funded to the tune of millions of pounds/dollars by 'blue charities' are acting in the interests of all?
Keep the question simple: Should the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) be primarily focussed upon environmental factors?
Yan Giron
get rid off lobbying !!! and do not forget latest vote on fishery in EPhttp://brusselsbusiness.arte.tv/fr/film
Lobbyists fire now turning direction to Fishery Ministers media-bashing #bebrave @rbenyon #poll_is_the_only_democracyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/feb/11/eu-fishing-discards-ban-richard-benyon?CMP=twt_gu …
Committee chair & fisherman @nedclark3: "We have the interests of the home fisherman at the heart of everything we do."http://www.nffo.org.uk/news/fishing_fact_fishing_fiction_2013.html …
no discard, cheap supply for fishmeal, full 100% exploitation of marine protein via @Salmoskius http://is.gd/IFFOdiscards IFFO welcomes EP vote
Fishmeal & fish oil industry/IFFO welcomes EP vote; Potential for use of fish #discards & by-products http://is.gd/IFFOdiscards #CFPreform
We can reverse overfishing & reduce #IUU if "bold action is taken & sustained" @damanaki Looking towards @GOceanC for leadership.#GOceanC
When I want to influence a MEP, I go to the POLL - I don't go to the poll to elect an ENGO #fake #democracy financed by who?@JorisLohman